#3E3508#3E3508

#3E3508 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.062 H 97.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3508
RGB	rgb(62, 53, 8)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 87.1%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, -1.74, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 27.73, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% -0.0078 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.062 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3037, 3.5880, 0.7482)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3508 #08113E

analogous

#3E1A08 #3E3508 #2C3E08

triadic

#3E3508 #083E35 #35083E

tetradic

#3E3508 #083E1A #08113E #3E082C

square

#3E3508 #083E1A #08113E #3E082C

split-complementary

#3E3508 #082C3E #1A083E

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #3E3508 #74630F #AA9216

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#3E3508 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3E3508 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3508

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3508	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3508	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44302C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3508;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 53, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.062 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766b4c',
    500: '#3e3508',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3508;
$custom-light: #766b4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3508",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32925,
    "c": 0.06164,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3508

secondary

#25347D

accent

#54F434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#090601

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3508

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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